Zimmer (NYSE:ZMH) lost a bid to bar 1 of the 849 pending personal injury lawsuits filed over its recalled NextGen knee implant from becoming a bellwether case for the multidistrict litigation over the device.

Medical device giant Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) lost a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing, with a panel of judges ruling unanimously that a case against the medical device giant and its implantable pain pumps may proceed.

Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) dodged most, but not all charges in a pair of lawsuits over its Profemur metal-on-metal hips after judges in separate cases ruled to dismiss some claims brought by patients with allegedly defective implants.

That may be good news for the company’s Profemur line, which was recently revealed as the target of a subpoena.